There has recently occurred a célebration in commemoration of the French Revolution. This arouses some reflections on the revolutionary spirit, Revolutions may be condemned, but they have none the less occurred "in all nations and among all peoples. They may not alw: be successful, but they have generally in-Cleated a spirit of progress. If successful, they have afterwards been applauded unsuccessful, they may continue to' be denounced. It was John Stuart Mill, who, in speaking of the French Revolu. Won, gave utterance to this generalisntion, "All political revolutions, not effected by foreign conquest, originate moral revolutions subvert sion of established institutions 1 merely one consequence of the previous subsersion of established opinions. The Political revolutions of the last three centuries were but a few outward mani-testations of a moral revolution, which dates from the great breaking-loose of the human faculties commonly described as the revival of letters, and of which he main instrument and agent was the invention of printing."
The French bare had many revolutions, the most notable being the French revolution of 1789. The English, through the action of their colonists on the Ameri-"an continent, gave exhibition of the spirit of revolution in the great Ameri. can revolution, which occurred a few Fears before that of the French revolution. The Civil War and the establish. ment of the Commonwealth in England was another mani tion of revolution against absolute few years later, in 1688, occurred the revolution against James the It, and the beginning of the crile of William of Orange and Queen Mars. From 1822 to 1897 took place the memorable War of Greek Independence, resulting in the liberation of Greece from the thraldom of the Turks, largely through the assistance of the Czar of Russia. For years the Italians fought for Italian independence against the domin: tion of Austria, resulting ultimately the unificat allan States Tu 4848 and 1849 occurred the revolt of the Bohemians and the H: ians, under the i Kossuth, it j Austria, but as uns though Eave since that date been int: into the Empire of Anstri We mig the revolutions that have taken. piso: through all the Centuries amon, Nations. Te revolutions that wa mentioned are generally commended; the results.bave boon-regarded as. beneficial.
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